National Immunization Awareness Week

National Immunization Awareness Week (NIAW) is an annual event held in the last week of April to highlight and recognize the importance of immunization. Canada’s NIAW coincides with Vaccination Week in the Americas and World Immunization Week.

During NIAW, you will see increased publicity about the importance of immunization and the success and impact that immunization has had in protecting and saving lives. Many organizations, in Canada and around the world, participate in international strategies to raise awareness about the important role of vaccines.

Immunize Canada invites you to celebrate National Immunization Awareness Week with us from 23-30 April 2022.

Social media calendar: April 2022

Hashtags: #NIAW2022 #VaccinesWork

Proclaim National Immunization Awareness Week in your community, using this sample proclamation.

NIAW2022 logo

animated NIAW logo for Twitter

animated NIAW logo for Facebook

NIAW2022 logo for Instagram

animated NIAW logo for Instagram

Madeline Rosemary Mallett: A 102-year-old polio survivor's story

Immunize Canada
July 2020

Resources

Immunize Canada has gone green! Please note that Immunize Canada no longer provides printed resources. Once our NIAW resources are available for download, you are welcome to print them. Our resources will remain available online for free, and will be kept up to date! If you have questions, or if you wish to obtain high-resolution files for printing, or if you require adaptation of any Immunize Canada resource, or insertion of your organization’s logo, please contact the Immunize Canada Secretariat.

Let’s talk about vaccines – customizable poster

Let’s talk about vaccines – customizable social media image (for Facebook/Instagram)

Let’s talk about vaccines – customizable social media image (for Twitter)

Let’s talk about vaccines – poster A

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Let’s talk about vaccines – poster B

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Let’s talk about vaccines – poster C

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Let’s talk about vaccines – poster D

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Let’s talk about vaccines – image A

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Let’s talk about vaccines – image A

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Let’s talk about vaccines – image B

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Let’s talk about vaccines – image B

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Let’s talk about vaccines – image C

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Let’s talk about vaccines – image C

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Let’s talk about vaccines – image D

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Let’s talk about vaccines – image D

(social media – Facebook/Instagram: 1.4 MB)

Let’s talk about vaccines (Cree)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Inuktitut - North Baffin)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Mohawk)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Arabic)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Chinese - simplified)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Chinese - traditional)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Farsi)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Hindi)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Italian)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Polish)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Portuguese)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Punjabi)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Romanian)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Russian)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Somali)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Spanish)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Tagalog)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Tamil)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Turkish)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Ukrainian)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Urdu)

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Let’s talk about vaccines (Vietnamese)

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10 reasons to get vaccinated (Twitter)

10 reasons to get vaccinated (Facebook/Instagram)

Reason 1 (Twitter)

Reason 1 (Facebook/Instagram)

Reason 2 (Twitter)

Reason 2 (Facebook/Instagram)

Reason 3 (Twitter)

Reason 3 (Facebook/Instagram)

Reason 4 (Twitter)

Reason 4 (Facebook/Instagram)

Reason 5 (Twitter)

Reason 5 (Facebook/Instagram)

Reason 6 (Twitter)

Reason 6 (Facebook/Instagram)

Reason 7 (Twitter)

Reason 7 (Facebook/Instagram)

Reason 8 (Twitter)

Reason 8 (Facebook/Instagram)

Reason 9 (Twitter)

Reason 9 (Facebook/Instagram)

Reason 10 (Twitter)

Reason 10 (Facebook/Instagram)

Expecting a baby? Get back on track with recommended vaccines. (English)

Expecting a baby? Get back on track with recommended vaccines. (Spanish)

Get back on track with routine vaccines for your kids (English)

Get back on track with routine vaccines for your kids (Spanish)

Back to routine vaccines. (English)

Back to routine vaccines. (Spanish)

Get back on track with recommended vaccines. (English)

Get back on track with recommended vaccines. (Spanish)

Get back on track with recommended vaccines. (English)

Get back on track with recommended vaccines. (Spanish)

Videos

10 reasons to get vaccinated. Vaccine Ambassadors and Immunize Canada. April 2022.

Safia talks about living with post-polio syndrome. She encourages everyone to be up to date with their immunizations.

Mallory is mother to a child who cannot be vaccinated. Her son relies on community immunity for protection.

Celebrate #NIAW2022 with these activities:

National Immunization Awareness Week 2022 in your community!

Use our sample Proclamation.

about immunization with these credible online resources.

your own immunization awareness activities in your community. Download our updated Awareness Campaign Ideas - Get your community involved resource.

your plans and ideas for Immunization Awareness Week activities with your colleagues across Canada! Contact us and send us your ideas/plan/suggestions. Get ideas from our updated Awareness Campaign Ideas resource.
messaging promoting immunization via social media – using the hashtags #VaccinesWork and #NIAW2022.

Read a short article about Canada’s National Immunization Awareness Week.